Everton boss shares Olympics concerns

Everton manager David Moyes will not allow any of his players to take extra time off if they decide to play for Team GB in the London Olympics this summer. The Toffees' manager revealed several players have been invited for selection.

"Quite a lot of our players have had letters of invitation," said Moyes.


"Am I worried? I am because there's a lot of them got all sorts of things going on over the summer so I am a bit worried about the whole thing.


"It's a real difficult one. It would be hard to say to players not to but in the same breath, this (Everton) is their bread and butter and this is where they get paid.


"They do need holidays and they can't then be asking for spare time off that doesn't fit in. If they say 'I'm playing in the Olympics then I might need a week off to recover', there can never be anything like that.


"We accept international tournaments. What we're willing to do to those boys is give them a bit of extra time off because the players definitely need a holiday.


"But I think the players going to the Olympics will have to consider their own holiday time and it couldn't be eaten into the club's time."